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Poetry lovers may know more about Camden Hills State Park than they think: The opening of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Renascence famously describes the view from Mount Battie at the park's southern tip.
Millay celebrated the panoramas of ocean and woodland around the park, and an auto road takes visitors 800 feet up Mount Battie for those views. But the hiker, cyclist, camper or birdwatcher will celebrate the respite from tourist traffic generated by the town of Camden just a mile or so away.
Bald Mountain and Mount Megunticook are other significant peaks in the park and offer good vantage points for spotting migrating hawks in September.
There is rocky ocean frontage across Route 1 north of Camden. Fly fishers find Atlantic salmon and brook trout in the Duck Trap River.
A trail offers about five miles of challenging biking, while hikers with little or moderate experience have about 25 miles of trails to choose from. The park is popular with snowshoers and cross-country skiers, but its 107 campsites, 44 of which have electricity and water services, are closed during winter.
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From the top of Mount Battie, hikers enjoy a view of Camden immortalized by poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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